Erik A. Moses

Vice Chair, DC Jazz Festival - Executive Director/CEO, Arizona Sports Foundation ("Fiesta Bowl")

Kicking off a new chapter in the storied history of the Fiesta Sports Foundation’s (formerly “Fiesta Bowl Organization”), seasoned sports executive, business and civic leader Erik Moses joined the Foundation as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer on November 15, 2022.

For more than two decades, Moses has built successful ventures for sports and entertainment properties through the creation of innovative events, development of community-centric programming and elevation of teams and organizations as an attorney, entrepreneur, economic development professional and chief executive.

Moses joined the Fiesta Sports Foundation after serving as President and General Manager of Nashville Superspeedway, making him the first Black person to hold that title at any NASCAR track in the sport’s history. Moses led the efforts to reopen and revitalize the Nashville Superspeedway – which had been dormant for nearly 10 years.

Prior to that role, he spent 12 years elevating the sports and entertainment industry in Washington D.C. as the founding President of the DC Defenders of the XFL, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Sports, Entertainment & Special Events for Events DC, and as the CEO of the DC Sports and Entertainment Commission.

Moses serves on the executive committee of Bowl Season, the trade association forand serves on the executive committee of Bowl Season all college football bowl games, currently serves as a National Trustee for Boys & Girls Clubs of America – Pacific Region, on the boards of directors for the McLendon Foundation, Experience Scottsdale, the DC Jazz Festival and is a member of the board of trustees for Cumberland University. He is a member of Greater Phoenix Leadership, YPO Pacific West Chapter and a frequent guest speaker for public and private companies, civic organizations, nonprofits and sports organizations, including The Hershey Company, Dow, Graphic Packaging International, BIC, Match Group, Nestle, Kindred Hospitals, Belmont University, and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. among others.

He holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a J.D. from the Duke University School of Law as well as an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from LeMoyne-Owen College and is a member of the bar in both Maryland and the District of Columbia.